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 Post subject: Banana tree
PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:24 pm 
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I just received a banana tree as a gift in a 5 gallon pot and am new to this business. Should I plant it the same way as other trees I have seen talked about in here? Any information will be appreciated. Thank you very much.


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 Post subject: Banana tree friends...
PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:00 pm 
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Yes, plant it the same way (big ugly hole, refill only with soil dug out) and put lots of nice compost (an inch) and mulch (3 inches) around it on top of the soil. The rest I'll share from a friend who loves her banana trees...and gets bananas from them!

It will freeze back during the winter, so mulch it thickly and well and cut the old dead stuff off in spring when it's about time to grow again. Every few years, cut it back severely (1 or 2 feet from the ground) and it will grow all new foliage and look beautiful.

Hope that helps! Good luck! :D
Kathe


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Thank you very much Kathe for your reply. I'm gonna get busy on it today.
Thank you
Jerry


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I know a fellow that grows his in a huge pot on a rolling pot-dolly. Every winter he moves it into the garage and wraps newspaper and bubblewrap around the pot to keep it insulated. Waters it very rarely during that period, then he unwraps it in early spring and rolls it out shortly thereafter. Cut cuts it nearly to the bottom each spring, grows back big each time.

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